joe, let me start with you since i already sucked up to sam. did president obama signal which way the gun debate is going in that speech? he did say that a vast majority of americans support background checks and the assault weapons ban, the ten-round ammo clip, that deserved a vote in congress. it seemed he indicated which way this is going, do you agree? >> he outlaid four basic principles, but out of all four of them the only one that he and harry reid had talked about and interviewed was the background check. that is likely to get through both houses of congress. it probably have a much tougher time in the house because you have a vast number of congress members who have "a" raters, not just "b" ratings but "a" ratings. i don't think it's going anywhere. you heard harry reid, the leader of the senate where the democrats have the majority, even he is cool to that one. i think the background check is the most realistic option, and as the president said today you got to start somewhere. even if that saves one life, that's one more they can cla